HB 0353, Engrossed 1 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Pinellas County Construction
3	Licensing Board, Pinellas County; amending part II of
4	chapter 75-489, Laws of Florida, as amended; revising
5	composition of the board; providing for severability;
6	providing an effective date.
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8	WHEREAS, the Pinellas County Gulf Beach Communities have
9	construction issues unique to those beach communities which
10	warrant permanent representation on the Pinellas County
11	Construction Licensing Board, NOW, THEREFORE,
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 12 of part
16	II of chapter 75-489, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapters
17	78-594, 81-466, 86-444, 89-504, 93-387, and 2002-350, Laws of
18	Florida, are amended to read:
19	PART II
20	Section 12. PINELLAS COUNTY CONSTRUCTION LICENSING BOARD:
21	ORGANIZATION: MEETINGS AND POWERS.--
22	(1) The Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board is
23	created within the county of Pinellas, consisting of twenty-one
24	(21)twenty (20)members, two (2) of whom are primarily engaged
25	in business as general contractors; two (2) of whom are
26	primarily engaged in business as building contractors, two (2)
27	of whom are primarily engaged in business as residential
28	contractors, one (1) who is a Florida registered architect doing
29	business in Pinellas County, one (1) who is an electrical
30	contractor, one (1) who is a plumbing contractor, one (1) who is
31	a mechanical contractor, one who is a roofing or sheet metal
32	contractor, one (1) who is a swimming pool, aluminum or veneer
33	specialty contractor, two (2) fire marshals, the three (3)
34	building directors of the following: City of St. Peters burg,
35	City of Clearwater and County of Pinellas, one (1) North county
36	building director from one of the following municipalities:
37	Tarpon Springs, Dunedin, Oldsmar, Safety Harbor, Belleair,
38	Belleair Beach, Belleair Bluffs, Belleair Shores,or Largo,
39	Indian Shores, or Indian Rocks Beach, one (1) South county
40	building director from one of the following municipalities:
41	South Pasadena, Gulfport, St. Petersburg Beach, Treasure Island,
42	Madeira Beach, Seminole, Kenneth City, Redington Beach, No.
43	Redington Beach, Redington Shores, or Pinellas Park, one (1)
44	Beach Community building director from one of the following: the
45	Town of Belleair Beach, the Town of Belleair Shores, the City of
46	Redington Beach, the City of North Redington Beach, the City of
47	Madeira Beach, the City of Indian Rocks Beach, the Town of
48	Indian Shores, the Town of Redington Shores, the City of
49	Treasure Island, and the City of St. Pete Beach, and one (1)
50	consumer member who is a resident and citizen of Pinellas County
51	and who is not and never has been a member or practitioner of
52	any of the trades or professions regulated by the board or a
53	member or practitioner of any closely related trade or
54	profession. All members of the board shall be residents of
55	Pinellas County and appointed by the Chairman of the Board of
56	County Commissioners.
57	(3) Members of the board shall be selected as follows:
58	The three (3) building directors of the City of Clearwater,
59	City of St. Petersburg and the County of Pinellas; one (1) North
60	county building director and one (1) South county building
61	director selected by the Chairman of the Board of County
62	Commissioners from the municipalities listed in subsection (1);
63	one (1) Beach Community building director appointed from a list
64	of three (3) nominees submitted by The Barrier Island
65	Governmental Council; a Florida Registered Architect appointed
66	from a list of three recommended architects submitted by the
67	American Institute of Architects Florida Central Chapter, St.
68	Petersburg and Clearwater Sections; two (2) of whom are
69	primarily engaged in business as general contractors from a list
70	of five (5) submitted by the Associated General Contractors of
71	Mid-Florida, Inc.; two (2) of whom are primarily engaged in
72	business as Building Contractors from a list of five (5)
73	submitted by the Contractors and Builders Association of
74	Pinellas County; two (2) of whom are primarily engaged in the
75	business as residential building contractors from a list of five
76	(5) submitted by the Contractors and Builders Association of
77	Pinellas County; one (1) who is an electrical contractor from a
78	list of five (5) supplied by the Electrical Council of Florida,
79	Pinellas County Chapter; one (1) who is a Plumbing contractor
80	from a list of five (5) supplied by the Pinellas Association of
81	Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors, Inc.; two (2) of whom are
82	fire marshals, who shall be active members of the Tampa Bay Area
83	Fire Marshals Association, from a list of five (5) supplied by
84	said association, one (1) of whom shall serve an initial term of
85	three (3) years, the other to serve an initial term of two (2)
86	years, with successors to serve for a term of two (2) years
87	thereafter; one (1) who is a mechanical or Class A air
88	conditioning contractor from a list of five (5), supplied by the
89	Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Contractors’ Association
90	(“RACCA”); one (1) roofing or sheet metal contractor and one (1)
91	swimming pool, aluminum or veneer specialty contractor selected
92	by the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners; one
93	consumer member to be appointed by the Chairman of the Board of
94	County Commissioners in accordance with paragraph 2(a). The
95	building director members from the City of Clearwater, from the
96	City of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County, shall be permanent
97	members of the board. All other members shall serve terms of two
98	(2) years. The following members shall commence their terms in
99	even-numbered years: the Florida registered architect, one (1)
100	general contractor, one (1) building contractor or, one (1)
101	residential building contractor, one (1) electrical contractor,
102	one (1) fire marshal, the North county,and South county, and
103	Beach Communitybuilding directors. The following members shall
104	commence their terms in odd-numbered years: one (1) general
105	contractor, one (1) building contractor, one (1) residential
106	building contractor, one (1) mechanical contractor, one (1)
107	plumbing contractor, one (1) fire marshal, one (1) roofing or
108	sheet metal contractor, one (1) swimming pool, aluminum or
109	veneer specialty contractor, and one (1) consumer member. As
110	the terms of members expire, the Chairman of the Board of County
111	Commissioners of Pinellas County shall appoint a member to fill
112	the vacancy for a term of two (2) years in the same manner as
113	that membership was originally filledfiled. The architect,
114	contractor, electrical, plumbing and mechanical members shall be
115	selected from the county at large. The board shall elect one of
116	its members to serve as chairman and one of its members to serve
117	as vice-chairman, for a term to be set by the board. All terms
118	of office expire on September 30 of the last year of the term.
119	Vacancies in the membership occurring prior to the end of a
120	member’s term for any cause shall be filled by appointment in
121	the same manner as that membership was originally filled.
122	Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
123	phrase, or provision of this act is for any reason held invalid
124	or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
125	holding shall not be construed to render the remaining
126	provisions of this act invalid or unconstitutional.
127	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.